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NYC Parks Dept

A Garden Grows Uptown

By Ana Sofia Huertas If you’re around Juan Pablo Duarte Square at the corner of 169th street and Broadway, take a moment to stop and smell the flowers. Nearby neighbors from the Washington Heights Gardening Crew (WHGC), NYC Parks…

IT'S MY PARK DAY THIS WEEKEND…

BY Led Black (@Led_Black) Like I have said many times before, one of Uptown’s greatest assets is the parks and natural expanses that envelop the neighborhood in a sea of green. My favorite park is Inwood Hill Park with Fort…

WILD PLAYGROUND PROGRAM @ INWOOD HILL PARK

This summer, join the Urban Park Rangers for a Wild Playground program at Inwood Hill Park Indian Road Playground. In Wild Playground programs, Rangers facilitate child-directed play in Parks natural areas, providing a safe place for children to explore…

Gorman Park - Washington Heights

From the Devil’s Cave to Gorman Park

BY Led Black (@Led_Black) When I was kid growing up, during the crack era that wreaked such havoc in this neighborhood, Gorman Park was known as the Devil’s Cave. The park is situated on Wadsworth Terrace between 189th and…

INWOOD HILL PARK AFTER DARK

BY Led Black (@Led_Black) I know that this is the umpteenth time that I am writing about Inwood Hill Park but it truly is, in the words of Urban Park Ranger Katie Clifford, “New York City’s best kept secret.”…

HighBridge Park Revisited

BY Led Black (@Led_Black) Back in the late 80’s and early 90’s, you would have to be either absolutely nuts or a straight up crack head to venture into the woods of Highbridge Park. In those days, that area…